Disclaimer: I own 'It', I really do. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, I own 'It'. And by 'It', I mean a computer. A computer that I write this story on. This story that is based on something I don't own. So, to recap, I own a computer-not Death Note.

Blake woke up with a groan, she had a major headache. She tried to reach up and rub her head to ease the pain, but she quickly found that her hands were unable to move. In fact, she couldn't move any part of her body and it was incredibly uncomfortable. Blake tried to open her eyes, but there was also a blindfold tied around her head. She started to panic, breathing quicker than usual. Where was she? What was going on? Then the memories from the night before came flooding back. She had been kidnapped. Was she going to get raped? Or worse, get killed? It was harder for her to breathe now and they sounded more like gasps. Tears soaked the blindfold and she struggled against her bonds. She heard a door open in the room and she could feel herself start to mutter something. It was probably a plea for her life. Something pierced her arm and words become more panicked.

"Please! Don't kill me!" She cried. There were other words spoken, but she couldn't understand what she was saying, her mind was going foggy. Soon, her words faded away and she was asleep again.

The second time she woke up, she found herself in another position. This time, she was sitting, leaning against a wall. She could feel that she was wearing a strait jacket and there was something keeping her feet from moving in the way that she wanted. Her eyes were still covered, so she couldn't tell what it was. She could feel herself start to panic again, but took deep breaths instead, she didn't want to get knocked out again.

"Hello," Someone said, but their voice sounded odd, probably changed somehow so it wasn't recognizable. "Good to see you're not hyperventilating anymore."

"Who are you?" Blake said, her voice shaking terribly. "What do you want with me?"

"I just need to ask you some questions, Alice."

"How do you know my name? Please, just don't kill me." Blake whimpered.

"You won't be injured in any way, Alice, as long as you answer my questions truthfully. I'm going to start now. Why are you here?"

"To catch Kira." She whispered.

"Do you know how Kira kills?"

"Not exactly." Blake answered, trying to scoot over into a corner. When she found one, she scrunched up as small as she could and stayed there.

"Do you know who Kira is?"

"No! No, I don't! I swear I have nothing to do with him!" Blake cried. "Is that what this is about? Are you with Kira? Will you kill me?"

"Are you Kira?" The voice continued, ignoring her questions.

"No!" Blake sobbed. "Will you let me go? I didn't do anything, I swear. Please." Blake fell into racking sobs now and was unable to continue answer questions. The voice stopped and Blake was left in silence to gather herself and figure out what was going on.

"Someone help me," she whispered into her knees. She thought about getting the blindfold off with her knees, but decided against it. She didn't want to get in any more trouble with these people than she already was.

Blake missed her family. She hadn't seen them in so long. She missed Gem. Where had that shinigami gone? Would he help her? A terrible thought struck her then. No one was going to look for her. The only person who might notice her absence was Ryuga, and even he might not notice her being gone for a few days. How long would she be here? Would she ever leave?

That questioning went on many times after that. The person kept trying to get her to admit that she had something to do with Kira or knew who he was. How long has it been now? Blake wasn't sure. She had no sense of time in this place. She felt absolutely disgusting. She had no bathroom. She couldn't take showers and she couldn't even go to the bathroom anymore. They tried to feed her and give her water, but she refused most of the time. What if there was something in it? What if they were trying to kill her?

Blake had taken to sitting in the corner all the time. It somehow made her feel safer. The feeling was oddly familiar, had she hidden in a corner before? She didn't know. Blake didn't know much of anything anymore. Her mind felt like it had turned to mush from her confinement. She couldn't think straight anymore. Blake felt herself start to pass out again. She probably should have eaten before. Just as she felt herself fall to the side, something fell on her shoulder. The girl flinched badly and screamed a bit. She tried to get away from the hand but then it spoke.

"No need to panic, I'm here to help." They said. He sounded like a kind old man to her and Blake tried to look up at where she thought he would be. As soon as she moved her head, though, she almost fell over. The hand caught her again and this time he pulled the blindfold off her face. She hissed at the bright light, but when her eyes finally adjusted, she was an old man with a thick mustache and glasses. He smiled at her.

"You're okay now, I'm going to take you out of here." He told her.

"Are you the police?" Blake asked hoarsely. The man laughed.

"No, but you will find out who I am soon, I'm sure." He helped her up of the floor and took her to an elevator and pressed a button. Blake looked down to see the thick shackles on her feet and frowned. The man reached over and started to undo the buckles on the jacket.

"Why are we going up?" she asked.

"You'll see."

"Are there more of those people there? No one will kidnap me again, will they?" Blake asked fearfully. The old man looked her in straight in the eyes.

"No one is going to do that to you again. I promise." He said seriously. Blake tried to smile at him, but she found it hard. She had been frowning for so long. The elevator dinged and the two of them exited. The old man led her to a certain room and opened the door. Inside were all her things and the clothes she had been wearing when she was kidnapped. Blake froze.

"Wait." She said in horror. "You're one of them? No, please, just let me go! I swear I won't tell anyone about you." she pleaded as the man led her over to a chair. He sat her down and unlocked the shackles and stood again. He looked down at her sadly. She was crying again, her now free hands trying to brush them away.

"Everything will be explained soon. Why don't you get cleaned up in the mean time?" he said. He smiled at her again and left the room. Blake could hear the door lock behind him. She couldn't get out.

After about ten minutes of just staring at the door, Blake decided to take the man up on his offer. She stood shakily and shuffled over to where her clothes were. She found the sweatpants and t-shirt she was looking for and went to the bathroom. It was the longest shower she had ever taken in her life. Blake had forgotten how good a shower felt. She took her time getting out and getting dressed. She quickly found that nothing really fit her anymore. She had lost too much weight. Blake had to keep pulling up the pants and the shirt hung off her like it she had borrowed it from someone much bigger than her.

Blake had to suppress a scream the first time she looked in the mirror. She couldn't imagine what she looked like before the shower, but this was bad enough. Her eyes were dull and bloodshot and she had horrendous bags under her eyes that reminded her of Ryuga. That's right, where was Ryuga? Had he finally discovered her missing? Did it even matter anymore? She was absolutely miserable. She lost too much weight to be healthy, she just took the first shower she's had in who knows how long, everything was just awful. Maybe she was just better off with whoever these people were. They hadn't killed her yet, which was a definite good thing. The woman sighed and shook her head before opening the door to the bathroom and walking out.

Blake jumped at the knock that resounded through the room. She nervously turned to look at the door.

"Y-yes?" she said. The person opened the door and shuffled in. Blake couldn't believe her eyes. She blinked once, then twice, then ran to the person and threw her arms around him.

"Ryuga!" she cried. She felt him freeze in her arms, but he didn't push her away, so she let go and took a step back. "I'm so happy to see you again! How'd you find me?"

"I didn't." he said to her confused voice. "I knew where you were this entire time."

"W-what? You don't mean…?"

"Sit down, Alice." he said, using her real name to show his seriousness. Blake complied and sat on her new bed.

"I am L, I brought you here so I could question you under the suspicion of being the second Kira." He told her. Blake felt a mix of too many emotions. She felt betrayed and mad and scared and sad and confused all at once. She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. "I think it's become clear by now that you are not related to Kira in any other way than your investigation. I apologize for keeping you in there for so long. You will join our investigation team and help us catch Kira now, if you want. You cannot leave this place though, as you know who I am now." There was a very long silence between the two.

"You kept me in that room for this?" Blake started to cry, making L feel very awkward. He didn't know what to say in this situation. Blake took a few deep breaths and calmed herself down again. "Let me think about it, okay? I can't think straight right now." L nodded and turned to leave. Right when he got the door open and was about to walk out a voice called out to him.

"Wait a second." Blake said from behind him. "Did you just tell me that you're L?" The man just turned around and gave her an odd look before leaving the room. Blake sat there and stared at the door for a while.

"What the heck just happened?" she asked no one.

"You just let her out?" Aizawa asked incredulously. L turned his chair to face him.

"Yes."

"Why?" the police officer cried.

"Because confining her was having no effect on anything but her health. She never changed answers, she never acted differently, like Light and Misa did. The only thing she really did was not eat." He answered.

"Yeah," Matsuda contributed. "She was all sick looking." L just looked at Matsuda for a second before turning back to the screen in front of him. On it was the inside of a car. The passengers were Light, Misa and Chief Yagami. It was another test set up by L to see if they really were the Kiras. As he watched, he let his mind wander back to the girl he just left in her room. He hadn't expected her to react the way she did to the confinement. Watari had told him what had happened back at her hotel room. Instead of fighting back, like one would expect someone else would do, she just laid there and cried. There was something wrong with her. Had she been kidnapped before?

L was distracted by his thoughts when the police chief stopped his car and turned to his son and his girlfriend. L watched as he pulled a gun and threatened to kill them all. The two still didn't do anything suspicious.

"Were you watching Ryuuzaki?" the chief said. "I did what you said and as you can see, I'm still alive."

"Yes, it was a convincing performance." L responded. "In that situation, if Amane were the second Kira who could kill just by seeing the person, then it was probable that you would have been killed before you shot Light. Also, if Light was Kira, in my mind he would've killed even his parents if necessary. Although in Light's case, it's possible that he had figured out mid-way that it was an act. However I'll end both their detentions, as promised. And from now on, as promised, Amane Misa will be placed under surveillance until everything involving the video confession and the evidence concerning what she claims to be occult videos is uncovered."

"You're still accusing me?" Misa asked.

"Well you still get to return to your normal life, isn't that all right?" Lights father asked. "Surveillance can mean that you gain the protection of the police if you haven't done anything wrong."

"Oh, yeah," Misa said happily. "So since I'm not the second Kira, then I just need to think of it as gaining a bodyguard."

"And as promised for Light, also, I'll allow your participation in the investigation, but only if I'm with you all the time." L continued. Light was surprised, he thought L would never let him on the case completely. It couldn't be that bad just staying around the detective couldn't be that bad, could it?

"I understand, Ryuuzaki. Let's capture Kira together." He said into the camera in the car.

"Yes, we're counting on you." L said casually. However, in his head, L was wondering what he would do about Blake. What should he tell the others? Should he tell them she was really Alice Carroll, a detective? Should he tell them that she is still suspected of being the second Kira? In the end, L decided to just ask Blake herself what he should say. It's better that way. He needed to talk to the girl about this, so L stood up and left the room. The rest of the group helping him gave him odd looks, but L still didn't say anything. He just shuffled over to the elevator and pressed the button for Blake's floor. He knocked on her door, as he did before, but this time he only got a muttered reply he took as a 'come in'. L opened the door to find the curtains closed and the lights off, effectively making the room very dark. He found Blake sitting in a chair staring at the wall.

"Blake, I need to talk to you." He said. The woman didn't turn to look at him, but gave a sound to let him know she was listening. "I need to know what I should tell the people assisting me on this case about you. Do you wish to still be called Blake, or do you want the others to know you're Alice?"

"You should tell them I'm Blake, a detective." Blake said, slipping into English with a very thick accent. L contributed it to the stress of the situation, so he decided to go along with it.

"So no one but I am to know that you are Alice Carroll?" L asked in English.

"Yeah," she answered.

"Another thing," L continued. "Light will be joining the investigation. I need to know if you will also be joining us." A long pause followed his question.

"I'll join you." Blake finally answered. "Is Light your prime suspect?" she asked, finally tearing her eyes away from the wall and looking at the other detective.

"Yes. I will be chained to him soon, to make sure he can't do anything without my knowledge."

"He was my suspect to." She said. "You were as well, but now that you're L, that suspicion is mostly gone."

"Mostly?"

"You can never tell what a person will do under certain circumstances. I would know." Blake said, turning back to the wall. L stared at her for a second, wondering if he should ask the question that he'd been wanting to for a very long time now.

"Alice, what happened to you?" he finally asked. Blake turned to look at him again, her mask gone, a sad smile on her face.

"Maybe I'll tell you one day, L, but not now. I hope you can understand." L nodded to her. Something really awful must have happened to her.

"If you are to join our investigation, you will have to call me Ryuuzaki around the others. I use a false name. Like the name 'Blake' is for you." He told her. Blake made an affirmative noise and L turned to leave. As he walked out the door, he yet again hear a voice say something to him,

"Thanks for getting me out of there, Ryuuzaki." She said. "Thanks for not asking too much about my past." L didn't respond or turn around, he just shut the door behind him and shuffled back to the elevator.

Blake felt like crying. Not that it was a new feeling for her. She hated thinking about her past. She tried to avoid it at all costs, but things didn't always go her way. She stood numbly from her chair and stumbled over to her suitcase and opened the secret hatch in it. Digging through the books it held, she finally came to the one she was looking for. It was solid black with a bright red ribbon to mark the pages. The cover was harder and thicker than the other books and it looked worn. Blake took it out and hugged it to her chest like she was clinging to it for life.

"I miss you," she said, fresh tears rolling down her face. What was wrong with her these days? What was so different about this case that made her cry all the time? Why did almost everything that went on her remind her of her family? And where was that damn shinigami? Where had he gotten to? Did he finally run away from her? Was she alone again?

With a sigh, Blake let go of the book and put it back in her suitcase. What was she going to do now? She couldn't leave the room, and even if she did, she had no idea where Ryuuzaki was. Blake smiled slightly as she got an idea. Looking around, she found her backpack sitting on the floor nearby. She picked it up and got her laptop out with a devious smirk.

"I'm not going to just sit here anymore," Blake said to no one.

Ryuuzaki and the rest of the Task Force were sitting in the hotel room they called headquarters ten minutes later. The group had finally calmed down a bit and they were working again. They all were sending odd looks at the chair connecting the detective and Light. They had decided not too long ago that they were going to move to a different hotel in a couple of days, so Ryuuzaki had some work to do. Suddenly the sound of static filled the room. It was incredibly loud and everyone in the room quickly had their hands over their ears.

"Oh, sorry about that." A voice said. The sound almost immediately disappeared and the voice chuckled. "Hello, all. I don't believe I've met you, except Ryuuzaki, of course. Oh! And there's Light! Hi, Light! Nice to see you again."

"Blake?" Light asked incredulously.

"That's me! Now, you've locked me in my room and I can't get out to see all of you. I had to hack into this hotel's system to even know where you were, isn't that sad? Could someone please come and let me out? I think you've locked me away long enough."

"Locked her away?" Light asked. "Ryuuzaki, did you take her too?"

"She was confined under the suspicion of being the second Kira, like Misa was." Ryuuzaki answered.

"That's right, Light. And now I'm locked in some room in this hotel. I was all weird before, I'll give them that, but I really want to get out now, please."

"'Weird'?" Light said under his breath.

"Matsuda, go release Blake from her room and bring her here." Ryuuzaki said. The man he asked quickly moved and walked out the door. After a few minutes, he returned with a woman following behind him.

"Hello everyone! Nice to meet you all, I'm Blake." She said with a bright smile. Ryuuzaki noticed that her eyes were particularly dull and he wondered if he had anything to do with it.

"Blake, what happened to you?" Light asked standing from the chair he had been sitting in. Blake gave him a look and reached down to pull her sweatpants up for the millionth time since she put them on.

"You mean the way I look?" she laughed. "I decided to lose a little weight, do you think it's too much?" No one answered. Light just looked at Ryuuzaki for a second before looking back to Blake.

"Welcome to the team, Blake." Ryuuzaki said before he turned to the others. "Blake is also a detective, she will be assisting us in our search for Kira."

"Detective?" several of the people in the room asked.

"That's me." Blake mumbled as she made her way over to the couch to sit down next to Chief Yagami.

"Blake, we will be moving hotels soon, make sure you will be ready to leave." Ryuuzaki said, turning back to his computer.

"So what do you guys know? Anything that I don't?" Blake asked with a smirk. Light sighed and turned to her.

"So far, we know there are two Kiras, but you already knew that. We know that they have met and that they are slightly different. The original Kira has to have a name and a face to kill. The second only needs a face. The second idolizes the first. That is about the summary of what we know so far." He told her.

"You guys aren't that far ahead of me, that's a surprise." Blake said, stretching out on the couch and smiling at the Chief. "I hope we can work faster now that I'm here. Two detectives are better than one, right? Even if I'm not as good as Ryuuzaki. And we've got Light." At that, Light chuckled.

"I doubt that you're as bad as you say. If you're here helping, then you must be pretty good."

"I'm only here because I might be the second Kira, when they found out I was a detective, they let me join. Like you." Blake explained dully.

"Blake, you should know that you are not the only suspect for the second Kira, nor are you the prime suspect. Amane Misa is in that room, she is the most likely to be the second Kira." Ryuuzaki told her. Blake was surprised. If she wasn't even the prime suspect, why had she been kept in that room for so long?

"Because you are still a major suspect. Just because you are not the prime suspect doesn't mean that you don't get treated as such at times." Ryuuzaki answered. Blake realized she had voiced her thoughts and slapped her hand over her mouth.

"That was supposed to stay inside my head." She muttered. The ones that heard chuckled a bit, but Ryuuzaki just stayed turned to his computer. "So who's this Amane Misa?"

"Light's girlfriend and a model." The other detective answered.

"Light's dating a model? Nice." Blake said, grinning at Light.

"I told you, it's all one sided!" Light said.

"Either way, Light, there's a model that loves you. That's pretty awesome." said Blake.

"You won't think that when you meet her." Light muttered, eyes on the carpet. Blake gave him an odd look, but decided she would just figure it out herself later.

After a few days, they were all moved to a new hotel. Ryuuzaki had explained that this hotel had better security and he had gotten Misa, who she still hadn't met, and Blake their own floors. The Task Force, Light and he would have another floor. Ryuuzaki had been kind enough to inform her that she would be helping them every day that she could on their floor.

Blake was starting to look healthier again. The bags under her eyes were gone and her eyes weren't bloodshot. The light didn't hurt her eyes so much anymore, either. The one thing she had yet to really change was her weight. Blake knew she couldn't just eat everything right after she starved, so she tried to eat normally, but that was getting her next to nowhere. Blake knew, of course, that she wouldn't have gained it all back in a matter of days, but she had been hoping for at least a little.

There had been no more videos from either Kiras or Creed, and things had been pretty uneventful, other than the deaths of more criminals. Blake had been kept in her room mostly because of this. There wasn't much for her to do down there anyways.

Blake had quickly discovered the cameras in her room. She figured there would be something like this anyways. She was a suspect after all, they couldn't just leave her alone.

Ryuuzaki had let her watch the tapes of the other two's confinement. That's what she was doing at the moment in her room. She had decided to watch Mesa's first, because she wasn't her suspect and she wanted to observe her. At first, she had begged for her death, almost committing suicide. It was the complete opposite of what she had done, but Blake tried to keep her mind off her own confinement as much as possible. Misa had passed out and when she woke up, she acted completely different. She started to plead with her 'stalker' to let her go. Blake had to admit though, she had chuckled a bit when she called Ryuuzaki a pervert. The woman was very concerned with this change in attitude though. It was like she had two personalities, but she most likely didn't.

Blake watched Light's next. He was quite a bit calmer that Misa had been, and much, much called than she had been. Then, Light had suddenly told Ryuuzaki that it was a mistake for him to ask to be confined, he wasn't Kira. It was another complete change in personality. Why had he also changed? There was a sudden knock on her door that made Blake jump a foot in the air. She stumbled over to the door and opened it with a hand over her heart.

"Matsuda! You scared the hell out of me!" she cried.

"Sorry, Blake, but you have to come, now." He told her, leading her out of the door and to the elevator. Blake pouted. It was only a couple floors down, couldn't they use the stairs? It was healthier for you, anyways. They burst into the room where the others were and Blake was surprised by how much action was going on.

"What's going on in here?" she asked loudly. Light stopped what he was doing and turned to her.

"Creed has made another video."

Was it good? I'm not so sure. I liked it better than the last one, though. Did you like it? Review then? Maybe? I'd love you forever...